Here are a few recent interviews from my WHAS Radio afternoon show. I never tire of learning incredible personal stories, floating into current events, and promoting tales of personal service. 2-time Oscar winner Hillary Swank plays #Louisville hairdresser Sharon Stevens Evans in @OrdinaryAngels, a true story about helping a family in crisis. ๐งตHere's my radio chat with Sharon last month on @840WHAS ๐ฃ https://t.co/5ZwY398V3f #organdonation @wave3news @TODAYshow https://t.co/uqeGbh4opN pic.twitter.com/LSwqaQnP9x— Terry Meiners โข๏ธ (@terrymeiners) February 19, 2024 Joyful @wave3news meteorologist @TawanaAndrew on incredible #BlackHistoryMonth + fitness boxing๐ฅ loud hubby gaming ๐ฃ๏ธlove of weather forecasting โ๏ธโ๏ธ@840WHAS audio ๐ฃ https://t.co/8OrmgvcGHp#media #history #loumedia pic.twitter.com/Ypgm5iKms1— Terry Meiners โข๏ธ (@terrymeiners) February 19, 2024 UK radio voice, national champion, and former NBA player @goosegivens has lived at the
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#WHAS100 classic interviews ๐ “Papa John” Schnatter alternately begs for forgiveness while accusing others of setting up his downfall, July 2018
Papa John's Pizza founder John Schnatter used the n-word during a 2018 training call with an agency hired to teach him acceptable communication techniques. Schnatter claimed that Colonel Sanders routinely said n***** without repercussions. Within days, Schnatter's racist reference sent his career into a free fall. He called me and asked "Do you want to interview me?" I told him that there could be no limitations on the subject matter and that I needed 15 minutes to get to a WHAS Radio studio to record it. Schnatter agreed to the terms. The conversation lasted 28 minutes even though Schnatter attempted to end it earlier. It made national news when Schnatter's reluctant apology leaked into defiance and blaming others for coercing him to say
Burnt. ๐ฅ For good. Nonetheless, John Schnatter still believes he will return to lead Papa John’s. ๐ #PapaBless ๐
"The morning after detailing is martyrdom, Schnatter wants to show off his mansion." In a new Bloomberg interview, deposed Papa John's pizza company founder John Schnatter still yammers about his delusional dream of returning to lead the company. It will never happen. Schnatter laughably spotlighted himself instead of pizza in Papa John's TV commercials for years. Once company directors started easing him out of the ads to focus on showing the product, Schnatter got his feelings hurt and created his own commercials. He paid to run them in certain markets to "prove" that viewers wanted to see him, not just pizza. To bolster his on screen presence, Schnatter courted popular sports personalities to share the stage with him on Papa John's commercials. NFL
WHAS will crack triple digits next summer when Kentucky’s first commercial radio station turns 100
It's still a year away but WHAS Radio will turn 100 on July 18, 2022. WHAS was Kentucky's first licensed radio station. What a wild trip it's been! ๐ง current WHAS audio: ย morning show, mid-morning, afternoonsย ๐ง ย historical audio Here's what WHAS-TV dug up in its video vault to note the radio station's 95th birthday in 2017. The Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Company obtained the broadcast license in 1922 and built a studio near the newspaper facility. This fall, current WHAS Radio owner iHeart Media will move the studio operations from Bishop Lane in the Newburg area back to downtown. WHAS has enjoyed a fantastic array of broadcast talent over the past century. The station has won prestigious awards for news coverage, emergency operations
Papa John is still trying to prove that he was framed into saying the N-word on a training call, lawsuit evidence and documents are released
Deposed Papa John's founder John Schnatter has presented evidence that public relations firm Laundry Service intentionally triggered his ouster after Schnatter used the N-word during a training call. Here is the lawsuit detailing Schnatter's claims of breach of contract and malicious conduct by Laundry Service (aka Wasserman Media Group, LLC). Schnatter contends that he was made to think that he was on a business strategy call and that Laundry Service associates turned it into a race-focused call, coerced Schnatter's comments on race, and then continued recording themselves discussing how to use Schnatter's comments against him. From Schnatter's lawsuit vs. Laundry Service: "34. Unbeknownst to Mr. Schnatter, Laundry Service recorded the call. However, Laundry Service continued recording after Mr. Schnatter hung up, and captured internal
John Schnatter is the burn mark that will never go away until he drops the Papa
American pizza sales during the global pandemic have remained stronger than most other restaurant ventures. As the economy tanks, small business owners including pizza chain franchisees are hanging on for survival. Papa John's franchisees have been through a living hell the past several years after the company's founder repeatedly humiliated the brand with racist, caustic, thoughtless comments. "Papa John" Schnatter was prominently featured in the pizza company's commercials so his downfall affected sales. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Papa John's pizza has clawed back to respectability by focusing on human diversity, kindness, humility, and a sharper TV commercial focus on the actual pizza instead of the now dethroned Papa. The problem for tens of thousands of Papa John's franchisees, managers, and employees is
You can’t take the red out of neck
ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ He gave pizzas only to those who promised to eat 40 more pizzas in 30 days. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ https://t.co/sSJJ1euCim— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) April 19, 2020
John Schnatter sues marketing company for leaking his N-word tape, wife files for divorce
In a recent interview, ousted pizza executive "Papa" John Schnatter complained about the current Papa John's management. Schnatter claims that his replacements provide poor leadership and are making lower quality Papa John's pizzas. It is Schnatter's belief that Papa John's executives deviously plotted to steal the company from him "using the black community" and "race" issues. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Schnatter promised a "day of reckoning" and pushed aside WDRB reporter Stephan Johnson's request for more info. Schnatter laughed and said "Stay tuned." As Papa John's moves on without its founder, John Schnatter vows for a 'day of reckoning' https://t.co/zvayhxxZVx— WDRB News (@WDRBNews) November 26, 2019 A rather tepid day of reckoning just passed. Schnatter sued the marketing company that leaked audio
Slowed audio of Papa John Schnatter captivates the Internet: “I’ve had over 40 pizzas in the last 30 days”
The Papa John interview is lovely pic.twitter.com/bpDMDm9t9G— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) November 26, 2019 Louisville's beleaguered businessman "Papa" John Schnatter is still flailing at the ghosts of his previous life. Schnatter was famously removed from his chairman/CEO position at Papa John's International and has been forced to diminish his majority ownership position after a series of caustic verbal missteps. In 2012, Schnatter created a "clueless rich guy" backlash after he bemoaned the costs of providing employee health care. A few years later, Schnatter insulted NFL players who were kneeling during national anthem performances to protest police brutality. He lost his CEO position but remained chairman. The final and most explosive meltdown came after Schnatter said the N-word on a 2018 diversity training
“Papa John” lives only in John Schnatter’s mind
John Schnatter donated ONE MILLION DOLLARS to historically black Simmons College. It is an obvious atonement gesture for Schnatter's horribly racist utterance during a 2018 company training conference call that ruined his life. Check the word on his tailored shirt. Papa. That's a reference to a dead mascot that only Schnatter keeps alive. Many people feel that last year's complete annihilation of "Papa" John Schnatter was the most overplayed hand of political correctness ever seen in business. The guy said the n-word and was pilloried as though he'd murdered a thousand homeless children. That stated, rule #1 in today's WOKE culture is that white people can't say the n-word no matter how commonly it is used by people of color in their public conversations,